thinking that this was going it be t to be the outcome, as did chuck grassley. at this point, they are benefiting from whatever good fortunes smiled upon the republican party and elected republicans to both houses and the white house. >> backers of the republican party are smiling now. it's what the court 5-4 has done for these big special interests through the unlimited money in citizens united, through the dark money flow, through all the decisions that protect corporations against lawsuits and courts. it's -- that's who's really smiling. >> so i guess the point is, the opposition to a candidate that most republicans are going to accept is never really going to change for the democrats in the senate. is there -- is there something like an appropriate candidate that you think donald trump would ever put forward that would allow democrats to support? >> not if he's picking them off the shopping lists of right-wing